On the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Compare and Contrast

On the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Compare and Contrast

Magna Carta

It might sound a whole lot like Disney's animated Robin Hood, but life under King John in the 1200s wasn't really worth singing about. For many years, King John ruled England absolutely and arbitra...

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

When the French joined the American colonists in the fight for independence in 1778, defeating Great Britain suddenly didn't seem like such a crazy idea. And if the British colonies could transform...

The Bill of Rights

When the American Revolution ended in 1783, suddenly the newly formed United States needed to figure out how to govern successfully without reverting back to an absolute ruler. Monarchies were so 1...

FDR's Four Freedoms

When FDR gave his State of the Union address on January 6th, 1941, everyone expected him to stand behind isolationist policies to keep the country out of World War II. But he actually did the oppos...